Aug. 22nd AutoX Miami-Hialeah
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Aug. 22nd AutoX Miami-Hialeah
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I am, of course, down, for this one. As long as lou's car stays down I might have a shot at the BSP championship, since nobody really competes in that class. Sorry lou. :D
I should have a set of EBC red brake pads to beat on too. As well as royal purple diff/tranny oil, and a couple of poor mans power mods. I'm gonna buy a bunch of pipe for the throttle body bypass, if you guys want some let me know.
I should have a set of EBC red brake pads to beat on too. As well as royal purple diff/tranny oil, and a couple of poor mans power mods. I'm gonna buy a bunch of pipe for the throttle body bypass, if you guys want some let me know.
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I will be back!!!!!! I am very pleased that our autox group is growing and it was nice to see all the 8s and cyber's 6 as well. I really think my car will be ready by the next autox. Congratulations to Paradigm and Cyber on doing really well their first time out!!! Both of your rides are sweet. Alex, you're gonna let Cyber talk to you like that????? I don't know dawg :D
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Online Registration is up!
...and I'm the first one registered :D
http://www.driverregistration.com/ev...php?eventID=51
...and I'm the first one registered :D
http://www.driverregistration.com/ev...php?eventID=51
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I hope all of you are safe from harm. 
Originally Posted by Equipe Rapide
Tropical Depression #5 is heading in our general direction. It appears based on
current speed that it could effect South Florida (East coast side) by Friday/Saturday.
From the charts, it may be a category 4 or higher. Depending on when it may hit,
we will keep you informed as to what will happen for the Autocross scheduled
on August 22nd. If Tropical Depression #5 turns into a hurricane, and like Charles,
goes around us, we will be holding the autocross as normal. If it appears it will
be close enough in timing to effect our setup and running of the event, we will
let you know. All pre-registered people will be automatically moved to the next
event, so don't worry, nobody loses their entry fee. In dealing with any hurricane,
your safety is our number one priority.
current speed that it could effect South Florida (East coast side) by Friday/Saturday.
From the charts, it may be a category 4 or higher. Depending on when it may hit,
we will keep you informed as to what will happen for the Autocross scheduled
on August 22nd. If Tropical Depression #5 turns into a hurricane, and like Charles,
goes around us, we will be holding the autocross as normal. If it appears it will
be close enough in timing to effect our setup and running of the event, we will
let you know. All pre-registered people will be automatically moved to the next
event, so don't worry, nobody loses their entry fee. In dealing with any hurricane,
your safety is our number one priority.
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I'm all signed up. My helmet arives tomorrow. Candy red, to match the car. :D
Just out of curiosity I googled the name of the guy who ran that 91 corvette in BSP at the last autox. This guy really gets around. He's been autox'ing all over the state for quite some time. No wonder he laid down a time 5 seconds faster. :p
Just out of curiosity I googled the name of the guy who ran that 91 corvette in BSP at the last autox. This guy really gets around. He's been autox'ing all over the state for quite some time. No wonder he laid down a time 5 seconds faster. :p
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ok i just noticed that the 22nd in tomorrow...im not going to be able to make it guys.
this whole hurricane thing screwed me up pretty bad.
i hope all you people can come to fort myers on the 5th for a "real" autocross track.
this whole hurricane thing screwed me up pretty bad.
i hope all you people can come to fort myers on the 5th for a "real" autocross track.
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Aww...
We set up the track today (and ran it :D ) This track is MUCH better than previous tracks at Hialeah thanks to help from certain people (me me me & Lance
)
...Guess I'm safe on Pax since Greg isn't going :p
See you all tomorrow
We set up the track today (and ran it :D ) This track is MUCH better than previous tracks at Hialeah thanks to help from certain people (me me me & Lance
)...Guess I'm safe on Pax since Greg isn't going :p
See you all tomorrow
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Well the course was much better than previous Hialeah courses. The Decision making of the ER officials, however, left much to be desired. 
With 130 entrants (the avg for the year), it was decided that only three runs would be made. The FTD was around 39secs and on avg, the runs were approximately 46secs.
...we were done by 1:30PM. After the last run, they had fun runs. AT THREE DOLLARS PER FUN RUN (usually $1). You pay $35 for three runs and then another $3 if you were curious what the fourth run would be for a total of $38.
Using my runs (without tenths) I spent a total of 2.3 minutes in the car with three runs. If you use the avg of the three runs and multiply by 4, I would have been in the car 3 whole minutes @ $38 for a whopping $12.67 per minute! I could have called a 976 number and have the **** on the other end make me feel as violated for less
I think I will try and make it to the next meeting and give them a reaming.
With 130 entrants (the avg for the year), it was decided that only three runs would be made. The FTD was around 39secs and on avg, the runs were approximately 46secs.
...we were done by 1:30PM. After the last run, they had fun runs. AT THREE DOLLARS PER FUN RUN (usually $1). You pay $35 for three runs and then another $3 if you were curious what the fourth run would be for a total of $38.
Using my runs (without tenths) I spent a total of 2.3 minutes in the car with three runs. If you use the avg of the three runs and multiply by 4, I would have been in the car 3 whole minutes @ $38 for a whopping $12.67 per minute! I could have called a 976 number and have the **** on the other end make me feel as violated for less
I think I will try and make it to the next meeting and give them a reaming.
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Seriously, it sucked ***. We sweated our asses setting up the course and in my case working twice! and what do we have to show? 3 runs.
Everyone, make a difference and join Alex's Gang at the next meeting!
Lou
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Everyone, make a difference and join Alex's Gang at the next meeting!
Lou
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Originally Posted by AlexCisneros
Well the course was much better than previous Hialeah courses. The Decision making of the ER officials, however, left much to be desired.
With 130 entrants (the avg for the year), it was decided that only three runs would be made. The FTD was around 39secs and on avg, the runs were approximately 46secs.
...we were done by 1:30PM. After the last run, they had fun runs. AT THREE DOLLARS PER FUN RUN (usually $1). You pay $35 for three runs and then another $3 if you were curious what the fourth run would be for a total of $38.
Using my runs (without tenths) I spent a total of 2.3 minutes in the car with three runs. If you use the avg of the three runs and multiply by 4, I would have been in the car 3 whole minutes @ $38 for a whopping $12.67 per minute! I could have called a 976 number and have the **** on the other end make me feel as violated for less
I think I will try and make it to the next meeting and give them a reaming.
With 130 entrants (the avg for the year), it was decided that only three runs would be made. The FTD was around 39secs and on avg, the runs were approximately 46secs.
...we were done by 1:30PM. After the last run, they had fun runs. AT THREE DOLLARS PER FUN RUN (usually $1). You pay $35 for three runs and then another $3 if you were curious what the fourth run would be for a total of $38.
Using my runs (without tenths) I spent a total of 2.3 minutes in the car with three runs. If you use the avg of the three runs and multiply by 4, I would have been in the car 3 whole minutes @ $38 for a whopping $12.67 per minute! I could have called a 976 number and have the **** on the other end make me feel as violated for less
I think I will try and make it to the next meeting and give them a reaming.
The fun runs also were a jip also, Fort Myers is looking better and better everyday, plus on sat, you can get a ton of runs. Too bad it is so far, also, the dates for sept and oct I already have plans. Guess ER will have to do for me till Nov.
so you got to run the track on sat? I think I need to go help set it up........